Updating/ Creating items in a list Identified by 2 fields

Hey guys,
So I have this points list, and it updates points based on items created and modified in other lists. The identifier has always just been a username. I want to modify this points list to be sorted by date and user. So
basically when an item is created or updated in another list I want it to be able to check if an item exists in this list by username and date, then either update the list item or create a new item based on username and date. Is this even possible?
Currently I'm checking for username in a list by assigning a workflow variable to the lookup of the username and if it is empty it does not exist. I could do this for both username and date, but I'm not sure how I could
update an item based on both.

Thanks for the replies,
One more problem. I fill the user column when the points are going to be calculated. So it fills the user column and then checks for the calculated column (calculated partially off of the user column). It fails to wait
for the calculated column to finish, so i put a wait on the calculated column to begin with user, but the workflow gets stuck on that pause. I tried even waiting till the user column was filled, but it still doesn't receive the correct calculated column (as
if i didn't even have a pause). If I manually enter in the user it works as it should. 
how can i fix this?

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